Supporting Population Evidence and Champions in Africa (SPEC)
Between 2014 and 2017, we created and disseminated country-specific analyses and materials in three countries: Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Senegal.
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PRB Discuss Online: Africa’s Demographic Challenges
(2012) Of the 48 least developed countries in the world, 33 are located in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, this region stands out with the highest birth rates in the world.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Supporting National Advocacy Efforts to Amplify Understanding of the Multisectoral Benefits of Age Structure Change
In Ghana and Uganda, young people below the the age of 15 dominate the population age structure. Both countries can shift this high child dependency by empowering women to achieve their reproductive goals.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Event in Nairobi Puts Policymakers, Youth in Conversation
Youth from over a dozen Kenyan counties are meeting with policymakers to share We Are Kenya’s Future: Young People and Our Nation’s Growth and to push for increased commitments to young people’s health.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Future Trends in Fertility Will Shape the Demographic Window of Opportunity in USAID Priority Countries
A country’s age structure is primarily driven by its past fertility trends, which have important economic, social, and political implications.
The Demographic Transition: A Contemporary Look at a Classic Model
(2005) With the spread of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, dramatic changes began to occur in the populations of industrializing countries. But do the changes that occurred in Western Europe and the United States have relevance for modern countries just entering the industrial age?
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
The Four Dividends: How Age Structure Change Can Benefit Development
This web feature expands the concept of the demographic dividend to project four potential sets of benefits—in addition to economic growth, it outlines benefits in child survival, education, and political stability.